Race - Black

The blackest county in the United States is Jefferson County, Mississippi. Of it's 9,661 inhabitants, 8,343 are black. Of all the counties in the United States, 100 have a majority black population. Nationwide, there are 36.8 million such persons, representing 12.75% of the nation's population.


80-90% Black 5 counties; average Bush margin (-61.2%); average 2004 unemployment (10.4%); average 2000 unemployment (10.3%); average population, 2000 (20,252); total population (100,324); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (37.0%)

70-80% Black 11 counties; average Bush margin (-35.8%); average 2004 unemployment (9.4%); average 2000 unemployment (10.3%); average population, 2000 (15,675); total population (170,173); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.6%)

60-70% Black 32 counties; average Bush margin (-25.1%); average 2004 unemployment (8.3%); average 2000 unemployment (8.1%); average population, 2000 (89,258); total population (2,852,454); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.3%)

50-60% Black 52 counties; average Bush margin (-20.1%); average 2004 unemployment (7.7%); average 2000 unemployment (6.1%); average population, 2000 (67,296); total population (3,508,722); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (35.3%)

40-50% Black 90 counties; average Bush margin (-2.9%); average 2004 unemployment (7.0%); average 2000 unemployment (6.0%); average population, 2000 (136,756); total population (12,333,565); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.3%)

30-40% Black 138 counties; average Bush margin (+7.3%); average 2004 unemployment (6.1%); average 2000 unemployment (5.5%); average population, 2000 (68,006); total population (9,478,883); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.0%)

20-30% Black 183 counties; average Bush margin (+11.8%); average 2004 unemployment (5.2%); average 2000 unemployment (4.5%); average population, 2000 (213,176); total population (39,680,750); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (34.2%)

10-20% Black 282 counties; average Bush margin (+15.4%); average 2004 unemployment (5.0%); average 2000 unemployment (4.2%); average population, 2000 (212,302); total population (61,593,968); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (35.8%)

0-10% Black 2345 counties; average Bush margin (+21.7%); average 2004 unemployment (4.9%); average 2000 unemployment (4.5%); average population, 2000 (65,759); total population (158,769,716); Average Turnout, as % of total pop. (39.8%)